I'm still very much impressed, on how Ricoh maintains, this COMPACT design - with the heftier sensor / lens / hardware. It isn't meant to be a performance beast, otherwise, the P7000 is the Hulk (but we know, the truth there). I still cannot understand, this opposite aperture/ max.shutter relationship (same story on legacy GRDs)...Don't feel so bad Lok, I too have an "old" GR-D (GR-DII)